TITLE: book on calabi yau manifolds
QUESTION [5 upvotes]: hi,
does anybody know a good book on calabi yau manifolds (i am a beginner) ?
thanks in advance
lois

REPLY [6 votes]: I would also add the following book:
Dominic Joyce, Compact Manifolds with Special Holonomy
The early parts of the book include an introduction to the Riemannian geometry of Calabi-Yau manifolds. It also includes a proof of the Calabi conjecture.